Chinese scientists may have tested a hydrogen-based explosive device, triggering massive chemical chain reactions without using any nuclear materials, SCMP reported, citing a study published last month.
According to the research paper, the chain reaction produced a fireball exceeding 1,000 degrees Celsius lasting more than two seconds.
The device was reportedly built by China State Shipbuilding Corporationβs (CSSC) 705 Research Institute. The SCMP report said that the device used βa magnesium-based solid-state hydrogen storage material.β
π¨ BREAKING: CHINA DEVELOPS POWERFUL HYDROGEN EXPLOSIVE π₯π§ͺπ₯π―π A new hydrogen-based explosive using magnesium hydride creates a 1,000Β°C fireball lasting 15x longer than TNT β without nuclear material. High potential for precision military strikes.#China#HydrogenExplosiveβ¦ pic.twitter.com/vUP0J8pm8D
Russia and Ukraine blamed each other on Sunday for breaking a one-day EasterΒ ceasefireΒ announced by President Vladimir Putin, with both sides accusing the other of carrying out hundreds of attacks.
Putin, who ordered thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022, ordered Russian forces to “stop all military activity” along the front line in the three-year-old war until midnight Moscow time (2100 GMT) on Sunday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia was pretending to observe the Easter ceasefire, but had in fact continued hundreds of artillery attacks on Saturday night, with more assaults on Sunday.
Zelenskiy wrote on the X social media platform that Russia had launched 26 assaults from midnight until midday local time (0900 GMT).
“Either Putin does not have full control over his army, or the situation proves that in Russia, they have no intention of making a genuine move toward ending the war, and are only interested in favourable PR coverage,” Zelenskiy’s post said.
Earlier he said the Russian army “is trying to create a general impression of a ceasefire”, while continuing to inflict losses on Ukraine’s front line.
Moscow will pause hostilities with Kiev for 30 hours, Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced
Russia will pause hostilities with Ukraine from 18:00 on Saturday Moscow time until midnight on April 21, President Vladimir Putin has announced.
The president announced the temporary ceasefire on Saturday after a meeting with Russian General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov. He expressed his hope that Kiev will show goodwill and observe the truce.
βAt the same time, our troops must be prepared to react to possible violations of the ceasefire and provocations by the adversary, to any aggressive actions,β Putin stated.
#BREAKING#UkraineRussiaWarοΈοΈ Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a temporary ceasefire for the Easter holiday, according to a statement from the Kremlin. The order calls for a suspension of all combat operations from 6:00 p.m. on April 19 until midnight on April 21. pic.twitter.com/GpQRUmN7wD
— The National Independent (@NationalIndNews) April 19, 2025
The chancellor-in-waiting says he would commit to giving Kiev long-range missiles if London backs him
Germanyβs chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz doesnβt officially take office until May 6, but that hasnβt stopped him from hitting the press circuit like itβs demolition day. Apparently, heβs got some lost time β and infrastructure β to make up for.
In a chat with Germanyβs public broadcaster, ARD, he floated the idea that Kiev, which seems to rank higher than Berlin on his priority list, needs to βget ahead of the situationβ on the battlefield and βshape eventsβ instead of playing defense. The event he seems most eager to shape? Oh, just the Third World War, apparently. Because he pivoted straight to the Kerch Bridge β mainland Russiaβs lifeline to the Crimean peninsula β like itβs been living on borrowed time.
Merz said that βif for example, the most important land connection between Russia and Crimea is destroyed, or if something happens on Crimea itself, where most of the Russian military logistics are located, then that would be an opportunity to bring this country strategically back into the picture finally.β Cool, cool. Which picture would that be, exactly? The one labeled βCatastrophic Misjudgments of the 21st Centuryβ?
Moscow will consider Taurus strikes on critical infrastructure in Russia as "direct participation of Germany in the war on the side of Kiev," the Russian Foreign Ministry said. pic.twitter.com/eIkl5WfBNF
The White House has published an updated version on the White House website, stating that the pandemic originated from a leak at a Chinese laboratory.
The virus possesses biological characteristics that are not found in nature.
Data shows that all COVID-19 cases stem from a single introduction of the virus into humans. This contradicts previous pandemics, which involved multiple spillover events.
Wuhan is home to Chinaβs leading laboratory for researching atypical pneumonia, which has conducted gain-of-function research (altering genes and enhancing organisms) under insufficient biosafety conditions.
Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) reportedly fell ill with symptoms resembling COVID-19 in the fall of 2019 β months before the virus was detected at a food market.
By all scientific standards, if there were evidence of a natural origin, it would have surfaced by now β but it hasnβt.
βThe Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2β publication β which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak theory β was prompted by Dr. Fauci to push the preferred narrative that COVID-19 originated in nature.
Update:
Anthony Fauci has petitioned the State Department for an emergency travel visa to China.
His lawyer states that he’s accepted a high-ranking position at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and needs to leave as soon as possible for “important” research.
If you haven’t contacted your representative or the State Department you should. Tell them you oppose hime leaving while charges are pending for his crimes. His Autopen Pardon is null and void.
The White House has published an updated version on the https://t.co/pAw0ETf1Cj website, stating that the pandemic originated from a leak at a Chinese laboratory.
πΈThe virus possesses biological characteristics that are not found in nature.
Dr. Fauciβs Senior Advisor, Dr. David Morens, deliberately obstructed the Select Subcommitteeβs investigation, likely lied to Congress on multiple occasions, unlawfully deleted federal COVID-19 records, and shared nonpublic information about NIH grant processes with EcoHealth President Dr. Peter Daszak.
The US will abandon trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs a truce can be reached, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned.
“We’re not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end,” Rubio said, adding that the US had “other priorities to focus on”.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and has placed a number of conditions on any potential ceasefire.
Despite the Trump administration’s initial confidence that it could secure a deal quickly, attempts to reach a full ceasefire have yet to materialise, with Washington blaming both sides.
Following a meeting with European leaders in Paris about a potential ceasefire on Thursday, Rubio told reporters on Friday: “We need to determine very quickly now – and I’m talking about a matter of days – whether or not this is doable” in the short-term.
“If it’s not going to happen, then we’re just going to move on,” he said about truce talks.
MYSTERY has deepened over Russia’s doomsday radio station called “The Buzzer” after the Soviet-era relic sent out four cryptic signals in just 24 hours.
On April 15, the doomsday radio signalled four words: Neptune, Thymus, Foxcloak, and Nootabu, according to Telegram channel UVB-76 logs, which constantly monitors its activity.
The radio signal buzzed the cryptic messages within 24 hours, understood to be a rare occasion.
While one knows what these eerie signals indicate, speculations are that they are linked to secret military operations or even nuclear protocols.
UVB-76 transmits on the frequency 4625 kHz and is characterised by an eerie sound that buzzes 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
